|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rhea Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rhea Mills and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Rhea Mills:
- 33.262293, -96.737182
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Rhea Mills
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Collin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Collin County
- Since Rhea Mills is near Denton County and also Grayson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Rhea Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rhea Mills ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Allen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Anna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Biggers ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Biggers is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Chambersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersville is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Forest Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Grove is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Kelly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kelly is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Little Elm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mustang
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mustang is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
- Prosper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Rhea Mills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rhea Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rhea Mills and extending to:
- McKinney, which is the Seat of Collin County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 215 miles [346 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Rhea Mills to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,163 miles [1,871.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,956 miles [11,194.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,692 miles [12,379.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,571 miles [8,965.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rhea Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Rhea Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rhea Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2623, Longitude: -96.7372 In this case, the coordinates for Rhea Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.961 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.571 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.577 degrees. |
|
|